Water heater



A. FLICK ANI) 0.'vA-N KIRK.

WATER HEATER. APPLICATION FILED IIIIIII. I. 1920.

Pateted Jan. 10,1922.

STATS FFHE.

A'DOLH FLICK. OF DEER PARK, AND OSCAR VAN KRK, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO.

V'A'IER HEATER.

Application filed March l,

To all 'in/0m I? may cmiccwt Be it known that we, ADOLPHFLICK and (lsogrn VAN KIRK, citizens of the United States of America, and residents of Deer Park and Cincinnati.a in the county of Hamilton 4and State of hio.I have invented a new and useful Improvement in lVater Heaters, of which the following is a specication.

An object of our .invention is to provide a water heating device that may be easily, readily and economically installed and connected with a faucet.

Our device is for use (especially for domes.- tic use) where there is no hot water faucet,

Vbut merely one faucet. to whichmy appli` ance can be attached, thereby providing a means to have both hot or cold water from such one faucet.

These and other objects are attained by the means described herein and disclosed in the accompanying drawings7 in which :n

Fig. l, is a side elevation of a water system embodying our invention.

Fig. 2, is a cross sect-ion of the coupling connections forming a detail of our invention.

Fig. 3, is a plan view of the heating element forming a detail of our invention, on line 3 3 of Fig. l.

Fig. 4f, is a front elevation of the regulator forming a. detail of our invention.

Fig. 5, is a sectional view on line 5v5 of Fig. l.

Fig. 6 is a sectional view on line 6-6 of Fi z 5.

ur invention consists of a heating chamber or drum A connected with a series of pipe links B through which water is directed to and from the drum. A heating element D is disposed below the drum. A series of couplings E are attached to the primary faucet F in such relation that a flow 0f water may be directed to either the drum or boiler or to a secondary or cold water faucet F.

The three way coupling e is secured to an ordinary faucet F by any suitable means such as screw flange e and registers with one of the ways. By means of similar screw lianges a secondary faucet F is attached to coupling e and registers with one of the ways. A pipe Z2 registers with the other way of coupling e and directs a flow of water to the boiler Regulator H is disposed in the pipe Y) at a place between the coupling e and Specification of Letters Patent.

i920. serial No. 362,625.

the boiler. Spray K is attached to pipe b and extends inside the boiler.

Spray K is a form of nozzle having a series of radial ducts 7c extending from its center to its periphery and communicating with the bore in the pipe and the interior of boiler A. The passages are adapted to dig rect the water in a fine spray or stream horizontally through the boiler to the eircunr scribing wall a of the boiler. Screw flange ZJ and lugs a. secure the top ai upon the boiler and permit ready access to the interior of the boiler when disengaged.

The boiler has a removable top @Tand hood as. About the sloping wall ci is formed flange al adapted to return any splashing' spray to the wall and prevent leakage. The hood (1.3. having vents a and support-ing flange all engaging top al, serves to confine the heat about the wall and bottom of the boiler.

A series of radially extending flanges or panels a divide the section of the boiler A, below the nozzle, into a series of compartments a2. A series of arcuate ribs a3 in each compartment extend alternately from opposite panels leaving a small space or exit between thc end of the rib and the panel toward which they extend. A common dra-in or exit (it is provided whereby the water in the several compartments drains into the pipe Z9 directing the water back to hot water exit G adjacent to the faucets F and F. The pipe 7) is secured by flange c to the coupling e,

thereby making a neat and compact arrangement for hot and cold water discharge appliances.

A heating element D is secured below the boiler. A stop-cock or valve d is used to modify the flow of gas passing to burner d from supply pipe (Z2.

The regulator H consists of a valve having a handle 71. by means of which the valve is operated. rlhe handle serves as an indi cater registering upon a plate 7L upon which may be inscribed the words Hotf Colch Om CHR or similar terms to acquaint the user with the proper manipulation of the regulator.

The operation of the device is as follows The regulator valve H and secondary faucet F are normally closed, the primary faucet F is kept open. W'hen cold water is wanted it is run out of the faucet 'F'. When hot water is wanted the regulator handle zJ is moved to the proper position, either hot or warm, etc. The water pressure is modified by the regulator H. The water will flow through the pipe b to the nozzle K. The ducts 7c are comparatively small in relation to the pipe Z), whereby the water will be thrown to the outer wall a of the boiler A in a spray or fine stream. The floor or bottom a ot' the boiler is slightly conical on `its inner surface. The water sprayed against the wall aV must then follow a circuitous path among the ribs to reach the center of the boiler where the common exit a4 permits the water to pass off through the pipe o. As the water follows the circuit'ous path or way over the floor of the boiler it is heated. The pressure with which the waterV is forced through the spray determines the quantity of water that will pass through the boiler in a given period of time. Accordingly, regulating this iow bythe valve ll will vary the degree to which the waters temperature will be raised, a lesser flow of water becoming hotter than a greater flow.

The heating element may be operated by lighting the burner d whenever the device is to be used, or by leaving it burn continuously.

lVhatrwe claim is l. In a water heating device a boiler comprisinga tank, a series of vertical anges extending radially through the tank and forming therein compartments and having a common discharge at their center and arcuate ribs between the flanges and extending vertically from the bottom of the tank and having a continuous circuitous way, formed by the ribs, extending from the outer wall of the tank to the common discharge.

In a water heating device the combination with a boiler comprising a tank, a

ary, 1920.

- ADOLPH FLICK.

OSCAR VAN KIRK. 

